Latin American fiction [[electronic resource] ] : a short introduction / / Philip Swanson

• Autore: Swanson Philip <1959->
• Pubblicazione: Malden [Mass.], : Blackwell Pub., 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (164 p.)
• Disciplina: 863.009; 863.70998; 863/.70998
• Soggetto topico: Spanish American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism; Spanish American fiction - 19th century - History and criticism
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [138]-141) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Beginnings : narrative and the challenge of new nations -- National narratives : regional and continental identities -- The rise of the new narrative -- The boom -- After the boom -- Hispanic American fiction of the United States -- Culture wars : ways of reading Latin American fiction.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book introduces readers to the evolution of modern fiction in Spanish-speaking Latin America. Presents Latin American fiction in its cultural and political contexts. Introduces debates about how to read this literature. Combines an overview of the evolution of modern Latin American fiction with detailed studies of key texts. Discusses authors such as Mario Vargas Llosa, Gabriel García Márquez, Jorge Luis Borges and Isabel Allende. Covers nation-building narratives, 'modernismo', the New Novel, the Boom, the Post-Boom, Magical Realism, Hispanic ficti
• Titolo autorizzato: Latin American Fiction
• ISBN: 1-280-23712-0; 9786610237128; 0-470-79614-6; 0-470-77629-3; 1-4051-4085-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996208305403316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: Blackwell introductions to literature.